Villagers thought they were being struck by an earthquake as the debris crashed down. Luckily, no one was hurt and no structures were impacted. While snarkier blogs than this one will no doubt bag on China’s devil-may-care approach to space debris management, I’m just glad no one was hurt. Besides, there’s not a space program out there (not even Mr. Veer’s), that has its hands completely clean.

The only mysterious bit is his smoking. Can’t say I’ve ever seen anyone lighting up on the USS Enterprise or even in the shady corridors of Deep Space 9. Maybe it’s one of those things you indulge in as a man from the future when you’re hanging out in primitive cultures, kind of like how it’s OK to drink Beast Ice when you’re back in the sticks with your high school buddies for Thanksgiving or something.

Mysteries upon mysteries. Readers: keep me posted if you see this guy hanging out in the frame of any other rocket crashes, meteorite landings, or swap meets.